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porriwiggle

porriwiggle noun: a tadpole.

Noun

porriwiggle (plural porriwiggles)

  1. (dialectal) A tadpole.
    • She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax

Forms of porriwiggle

pluralporriwiggles

Questions about porriwiggle

What does porriwiggle mean?
Porriwiggle means a tadpole.
What part of speech is porriwiggle?
Porriwiggle is a noun.
What is the plural of porriwiggle?
The plural of porriwiggle is porriwiggles.

Words near porriwiggle in the dictionary

  1. porringers
  2. porringersful
  3. porritoxinol
  4. Porritt
  5. Porritts
  6. porriwiggle
  7. porriwiggles
  8. Porro
  9. Porro prism
  10. Porro prisms
  11. Porroh

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